1. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 1 and 2:
Is your organization public or private ?
Private
61%
Public
39%
Descriptions of the organizations
Other
22%
Commercial
company
33%
Research
Institute
45%
Sat Frutaria Spain
Consorzio Vivaistico Pugliese - CO.VI.P. Spain
PSB Producción Vegetal SL Spain
Centro de Investigacion Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón Spain
Murcia Institute of Agri-Food Research and Development Spain
PROVEDO Spain
DANIELE NERI VIVAI Italy
Rusticas del Guadalquivir Spain
IRTA Spain
CRPV, Centre Research Producton Vegetables Italy
CRA-Unità di ricerca per la frutticoltrura Forlì Italy
Plantas de Navarra, S.A. (PLANASA) Spain
INRA UGAFL Avignon France
CITA Spain
CEBAS-CSIC Spain
AGRO SELECTIONS FRUITS France
AC FRUIT France
Angelo Minguzzi Italy

2. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 10:
Tree habit and harvest
0,00
5,00
10,00
Harvest date
Productivity
Extended harvest season
Bloom time
Fruit set
Floribundity
Tree vigour
Tree habit (dwarf,
columnar, ...)
Male sterility
Ornamental flower

3. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 11 and 12:
Fruit characteristics
0,00
2,00
4,00
6,00
8,00
Fruit size
Fruit homogeneity
Fruit type (peach / nectarine)
Fruit shape (round /flat)
Slow maturation (Big Top type)
Fruit skin red colour / bloody flesh
Cracking
Non-melting / Melting
Freestone / clingstone
Flesh colour (yellow / white)Fresh cut use
Russeting
Pedoncoular defect
Pistilar defect
Pubescence in peach
Stony-hard
Fruit skin yellow colour
Red flesh colour
Canning use
Fruit flavor and texture
0,00
10,00
20,00
Juiciness
Crispness
Sweetness
AcidityMealiness
Firmness
Aroma

4. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 13:
Biotic stress - pests and diseases
0,00
2,00
4,00
6,00
8,00
Brown rot
Mites
Green peach aphid
Pseudomonas syringae
Oriental fruit moth
Mediterranean fruit flyPlum Pox Virus - Sharka
Xanthomonas pruni
Thrips
Powdery mildew
Silver leaf disease (Chondrostereum
purpureum)

5. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 14 and 15:
Post-harvest fruit characteristics and disorders
0
5
10
Shelf life
Storability
Chilling injury
Internal browning
Abiotic stresses
0
2
4
6
8
Chilling requierement
Heat stress
Cold stress
Drought stress

6. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 18:
Response
Percent
Response
Count
6,3% 1
31,3% 5
18,8% 3
6,3% 1
6,3% 1
12,5% 2
12,5% 2
6,3% 1
16
2
answered question
<50 individuals
1001-5000 individuals
skipped question
51-100 individuals
101-200 individuals
>10000 individuals
Answer Options
501-1000 individuals
5001-10000 individuals
What is the average size of the progenies ?
201-500 individuals

7. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 19:
What kind of parents do you use in your breeding program ? Please give a rough estimate of
their contribution (%). All proportions should add up to 100. Else they will be re-scaled to 100.
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Commercial
cultivars
Elite hybrids
from your
breeding
program
Elite hybrids
from other
breeding
programs
Local/old
cultivars
Landraces Wild species Other
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

8. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 23:
Response
Percent
Response
Count
25,0% 4
56,3% 9
18,8% 3
2
16
2skipped question
Genetic correlation
Answer Options
answered question
Heritabilities
Is genetic information being used to plan your crosses or in general in other phases of
your breeding program?
Other (please specify)
No genetic information is being used
Response
Percent
Response
Count
25,0% 4
31,3% 5
0,0% 0
43,8% 7
16
2skipped question
Genotypic selection index
Answer Options
answered question
Phenotypic selection index
Is a selection index used in your breeding program ?
Phenotypic and genotypic selection index
No selection index is being used

9. Peach Breeding Programs Survey
Question 24 and 26:
Is a selection index used in your breeding
program ?No selection index
is being used
25%
Phenotypic and
genotypic
selection index
44%
Phenotypic
selection index
31%
Are molecular markers being used
currently in your breeding program ?
No
69%
Yes
31%
… thanks